LinuxToday.com.au: They’re building Red Hat into a Tank!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 15, 2000

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“Well, we all knew the day would come, and although cartoonists
have been portraying a huge Linux penguin forcefully destroying
Redmond for some time, I guess no-one really thought it would
happen this soon.”

“Linux has now become military technology – under a deal which
was released to the press this week, Red Hats’ uClinux port of the
Linux operating system will become the operating system for a
vehicle monitoring device soon to be tested by the United States of
America’s army….”

“However, these devices are not only intended for military use –
soon rymicNET devices will be available for many different
applications, including use in construction equipment, railway
cars, truck fleets and other industrial machinery.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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